With all of that Lefty money flooding into Austin, you’d think there would be oodles of help.
Green Energy and all that jazz.
Oh... We are naming winter storms now???
Since when did that start happening?
These people need a simple lesson in turning off their water.
I had to turn on my AC yesterday.
“Texas Takes Care of Texas”
When I read the title I was wishing for the story to be about the hanging of the energy czars and the EPA cronies involved.
Amen to that. Angels walk among us.
To the woman in the article, a very simple solution to not having burst pipes is to turn the water off at the main and drain the pipes before going to her brother’s. Surprised her brother didn’t tell her or do it for her.
It’s a shame that so many suffered through the cold and now have $$$$ repairs that may take many months before they’re fixed. Many of the blackouts did NOT have to be. Especially the many long hours without power. We were so very, very lucky our power company wised up after 2-3 days and cycled on and off every couple hours which helped tremendously and very likely saved lives. I don’t know anyone in the neighborhood who had broken pipes. Everyone is on their own water well so when the power goes off, so does their water and toilets/septic so big thanks to the power company ignoring ERCOT. Thanks be, we also had a full pantry along with propane and kerosene.
Too many people didn’t have any food in their homes even with several days of being warned. One Austin woman in her mid to late 20s (recently from Boston - doesn’t it snow in Boston?) didn’t have anything to eat so strangers risked the roads to bring her food. From appearances and the neighborhood, she should have had the money to buy food in the days before the freeze hit.
A San Antonio woman was whining her fridge food rotted when she went to her parents’ house. Uh, like she couldn’t have taken the food with her to help with the parents’ food supply? As if she couldn’t set the food in the garage or outside in the freezing weather to stay cold before leaving home? Her parents had running water and a fireplace yet she had to bother the neighbors to heat a pot of water to warm the baby’s bottle. And the little infant was bored so whatever should she do?!? Hmm, you’d think maybe when he isn’t sleeping and eating she, her husband and the grandparents could keep him entertained.
Thanks for wise angels who help the rest.